NN3D MFD8, on the water
A guy’s got to ham it up once in a while! But, truly, trying NavNet 3D on the water today had me grinning. I spent hours with that MFD8 because it and its MFD12 mate have become one of the mysteries of this system. Are they as sensationally fast and smooth as the big expensive Black Box version many have been blown away by at boat shows? I threw everything I could at it—UHD radar (very impressive) overlay, hi res photo overlay, dual radar ranges, Sirius weather overlay, ARPA and AIS targets, and mucho zooming, panning, and 2D/3D flipping—and we were often doing over 20 knots and sometimes going in circles. Verdict: no, it’s not as knock-your-socks-off fast as the BB, but it is quite fast, very powerful, and elegant to use. Furuno and MaxSea have created not just a remarkable navigation system, but one that scales easily from center console to megayacht. Sailboats too. More to come, of course.
Thanks Ben! I tried my radar (6kw)today and it's great. I've never seen anything like it.
What did you find that slowed the MFD's down?
I'm simply a recreational boater, not a fisherman. I don't really need bathy data, I think the photo overlay will be cool, but not really important if it causes my machine to slow down to much.
I chose 2 MFD12's instead of a BB and 2 12" monitors partly because of cost and partly because this configuration doesn't have a single point of failure (except the Ethernet hub, but I have a not POE hub spare).